Christian Awe

Powerful colors! Energetic! Pulsating! - These are the works of Berlin shooting star Christian Awe.

From the University of the Arts to Princeton and Yale

Christian Awe (*1978, Berlin) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, was a master student of Daniel Richter and graduated with Georg Baselitz. He later held teaching positions at Princeton and Yale Universities.

From up-and-coming Berlin artist to international demand

Awe is renowned throughout Germany and has long been in demand internationally. His works are presented in museum exhibitions. They can also be found in renowned collections, such as the collection of the German Bundestag.

Enjoyment of experiment and strategy

Christian Awe works experimentally and strategically at the same time. His pictures are created in the tension between artistic calculation and spontaneity. You can see this in them, because here comprehensible pictorial structure meets impetuous, expressive gestures.

Layers of color in the works

The artist layers a multitude of colors on top of each other. Sometimes the works are made up of up to fifteen layers of paint. Again and again he adds layers or removes some, allowing the underlying layer of paint to partially reappear.

The energy of color in Christian Awe's work

Streams of color, explosions of color, dances of color - these are Awe's paintings. Christian Awe works with color in all its power, for him it is passion and life energy.

»Color is life energy - for me it embodies freedom, strength and love, triggers feelings and encourages dialogue. Art inspires and connects, it opens our eyes to new things and directs them towards interpersonal relationships, emotions and the 'we'. What would life be without art?« – Christian Awe

Rhythm in the picture

Awe's paintings are complex compositions. Sometimes they look like an explosion of color. Sometimes like a dancing composition of splashes of color and organic forms. In all cases, the works reveal structures, a development, a process, a rhythm in the picture. A special degree of movement is created - it seems to literally explode the picture.

Christian Awe's works are powerful and pulsating!

The fact that the artist is inspired by the pulsating life in metropolitan cities such as New York or Berlin is reflected in his works. Sometimes they convey a dancing lightness, other times pure energy - and they always create a moment of joie de vivre.

Awe's pictures are touching, as they emanate a clearly perceptible power.

The artist's limited editions

Christian Awe's limited editions are highly sought-after, as the artist rarely creates editions. We are therefore all the more pleased to be able to offer you these works!